The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-25
JENNY JUNES CHAT.
Wanted gome- -WaQderers.of New York.
The Spring Exhibition Of Pictures.
fcopuriaAted, ISL


where to-day, if the hearts that know could
tell their bitterness. ALI over the country
there are thousands of young men and wo-
men who watch the comings and goings of
society people, or those who pass for society
people, as they are retailed in the papers, and
passionately long for the opportunity to leave
town nests and fly far away, hither, and
thither, at no bidding save that of inclina-
ton. They are not the FIRST and they will
not be the last, to struggle with and yield to
this restless desire. But how little they get
for what they throw away an increased APP
petite for wandering and the loss Of home
and all that it implies out of their lives.
Half the men and women in New York
city d. not know what home means. They
board, they rent fiat they break up and go
abroad, they come back and take rooms"
they drift between New York and Washing
ton, Newport and Old Point Comfort. They
have good times" but they cannot ac-
cumulate anything. They ''live in trunk"
their books pictures, if they possess either,
are stored away where moth and rust cor
rupt, and thieves do break in and steal.
Hospitality, friendly interchange OF visits,
the cultivation of social enmities, become
dead letter. Neighbors and neighborly acts
of kindness are unknown; they receive a
crowd of people once year in hotel parlor,
or the nondescript recept,on-rooms of
clearinghouse, and are gone with the
season." no one knows where, and no one
cares.
The making and preserving of home
requires some sacrifices, but it is the best
investment In the world. There is nothing
that pays so well in the long run; nothing
that adds so much to the permanent sweet
ness and tranquility of life. Its absence
undermines the moral fabric of society in
our great cities it sends children to the
street, and deprives men and women of
their natural anchorage.
Housekeeping is too hard in this coun-
try is the cry--'household service is so
dear, and its quality gets worse and worse"
Granted; but why not get rid of household
service? American women are perfectly ca
pable of taking this bull by the horns and,
with the help of their daughters, reducing it
TO submission. They have got the habit of
attending to everything but their own bust
ness, of following the example set by very
rich women, or the wives of very rich men,
and breaking up the year into few months
In town, few months in the country and
frequent visits abroad which means a
cheap and dreary 'pension" -(pension
sounds so much better than boarding house)
In some second-rate foreign tour.
In the meantime how does the husband
manage to occupy himself? Separations and
divorces answer that question; but the I'M
satisfactory matrimonial conditions are also
responsible for much Of the falling off In the
number of marriages that take place
Mr.. Conrtland Palmer. the founder and
president of the Nineteenth Century Club"
returned from Europe few days ago to at
tend the final meeting of the club for the
season, and also to participate in the discus
sion of the question raised by Mrs. John
Sherwood in regard to clubhouse and
fine supper, as a part of new order OF
things for a progressive club. In point OF
fact, there is nothing novel in Mrs. Sher-
woods suggestion. Most of the male clubs
have fine houses and give fine suppers to
those who are willing to pay for them. The
fine house aud the possibilities of clut
dinner or supper are their chief attractions
But the Nineteenth Century Club was
founded on different principles 1t was tc
bring together people of ideas, and its dis
cussions OF vitai quesuons were 10 DC ie
great formative feature. us aspect mas
changed since it met in Mr. Palmer's parlor,
but the discussions and the questioning as.
pect still furnish the motive for existence,
A great clubhouse would simply build walls
against an eniarging ana hunanizing innu
ences, ana pig supper reuuce ~ 70 inc icve'
Oh otner swinisn ieas's' wouiu .hen 70
coine IKE other eninss--a ques.'oh VI raising
money 10 pay eApenses---aiiu al eise NUS
go 10 the wall.
Mr. Moncure u. conway gave an interest,"
ing address the other evening upon the desir
ability OF clubs for the discussion OF socia
and literary topics. Inc diinculty IN regare
10 the iorinauoh ana maintenance Vi sucl
CLUBS is tnat OF tne ABSURD DIVISIONS ane
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snring toilets Of brown and canary AND
beliotrone and white assisted General a
Cesnola' the director in receiving In th,
great hill. almost every one known to litera
ture and art in New York coming with con
gratulations and to nav their respects.
"Ah well.n said the general. refectiyely
seventeen wears were required 10 collect IN,
first million dollars worth of property 70
tba museunS and the second With tbra
hundred thousand dollars additional al
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